When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
- BSB When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
- NKJV And when we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, greeted the brethren, and stayed with them one day.
- NASB When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and after greeting the brothers and sisters, we stayed with them for a day.
- NLT The next stop after leaving Tyre was Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed for one day.
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Quick answer
From Tyre they sail to Ptolemais, greet the believers there, and stay one day. The gospel community appears in yet another port.
Overview
Ptolemais (ancient Accho) hosts another body of believers whom Paul's company greets in fellowship. Even a single day's stay is given to encouraging the brothers and sisters. The presence of churches at each stop shows how widely the gospel had already spread along the eastern Mediterranean coast.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Heb 13:24Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.
- Acts 12:20Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.
- Acts 21:10As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
- 1 Sam 13:10It came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.
- Matt 5:47If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
- Acts 25:13Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.
- Acts 21:19When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Acts 28:12Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
- Acts 18:22When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
- 1 Sam 10:4They will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hand.
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